Aylo, the owner of adult sites Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube, says it will introduce “government approved age assurance methods” in the UK. The company has not yet revealed how it will require users to prove they are over 18, but UK regulator Ofcom says simply clicking a button, which is all the adult site currently...
Aylo, the company which runs a number of pornographic websites, including Pornhub, is to stop operating in France from Wednesday. It is in reaction to a French law requiring porn sites to take extra steps to verify their users’ ages. An Aylo spokesperson said the law was a privacy risk and assessing people’s ages should...
Ticking the strike over Since his debut in ODIs, only two batters have a higher non-boundary strike-rate than Root (minimum of 2,000 non-boundary runs). Off non-boundary balls, Root has a strike-rate of 59.89, England’s Jos Buttler is second with 63.77 and at the top is South Africa’s AB de Villiers (65.70). High control Since the...
Nedum Onuoha and Nicky Bandini praise the maturity shown by Desire Doue as the 19-year-old becomes the youngest player to score two goals in a Champions League final as Paris Saint-Germain defeat Inter Milan 5-0 at the Allianz Arena in Munich. MATCH REPORT: UEFA Champions League Final – PSG 5-0 Inter Milan Available to UK...
Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy awards for her role on the popular comedy TV series MASH, died on Friday, according to her representative. She died at her home in New York at the age of 87, the BBC’s news partner CBS reported, citing a statement from her representative. It likely died of natural causes,...
South Africans are paying tribute to actor Presley Chweneyagae, who has died at the age of 40. In a statement announcing his death, his agency described him as a “South African icon” and one of the country’s “most gifted and beloved actors”. The South African government published a post on X describing him as “a...
Denmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe after its parliament adopted a law raising it to 70 by 2040. Since 2006, Denmark has tied the official retirement age to life expectancy and has revised it every five years. It is currently 67 but will rise to 68 in 2030 and to...
Getty Images Yuri Grigorovich’s productions of Ivan the Terrible and Romeo and Juliet redefined Soviet ballet Acclaimed Russian ballet choreographer, Yuri Grigorovich, has died aged 98. Described as one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, he was artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1964 to 1995, which he is said to have...
Ofcom has launched investigations into two pornographic sites it believes may be falling foul of the UK’s newly introduced child safety rules. The regulator said two companies – including one running a so-called “nudifying” service – had failed to detail how they were preventing children from accessing their platforms. Ofcom announced in January that, in...
A stunning wisteria arch that has been delighting visitors to an Exeter park for more than 130 years is set to make an appearance on television tonight (Wednesday 7 May). The beautiful wisteria in Pinces Gardens, St Thomas, will feature on the weather forecast on Wednesday evening’s Westcountry Tonight on ITV.   The beautiful wisteria...
Eighteen-year-olds will be allowed to drive trains after the minimum age was lowered from 20 in a bid to tackle driver shortages. UK rail services are frequently disrupted due to a lack of drivers being available, and the problem is set to get worse with companies struggling to replace a growing number of people retiring...
After an hour of Manchester United’s draw at Bournemouth, their travelling support struck up a familiar refrain. “Twenty times, 20 times, Man United. Twenty times, 20 times, I say. Twenty times, 20 times, Man United, playing football the Matt Busby way.” The song has been a source of both pride and solace since United won...
Former Rochdale midfielder Joe Thompson has died at the age of 36. He was diagnosed with cancer for a third time in April last year, five years after he retired from playing. Thompson was found to have stage four lymphoma – a type of blood cancer – which had spread to his lungs after twice...
A former Royal Marine from Exmouth is proving that age is no barrier to success after he set a new world record in a recent competition. Paul Collinson, 61, bench pressed a new world record of 166 kg at the UK Single Lift Championships earlier this year, In 2024, he secured the British, European and...
Men Of A Certain Age by Kate Mossman Published by: Nine Eight Books Release date: 3rd April 2025 Music journalist Kate Mossman has compiled a selection of interviews with ageing male rock stars and uses them to analyse her obsession with ageing male rock stars. Does the world need another book about middle-aged male rock...